General discussion • SSH password fail

I been spending hours trying to just a simple way to copy an file from pc to my raspberry pi 5
Been focused on the ssh method, since I could not just use a usb thumb drive to see the files contained on the drive...... soooo
I am only looking for solutions to SSH

After enabling on my router sftp port 22 on the ip address for the raspberry pi.

I finally found out that ssh is disabled on the raspberry pi

Soooo used the Raspberry PI Software Configuration Tool and enabled SSH.

Now when I run from the terminal on the PC the command line
d:/filename pi@192.168.xxx.xxx:/home/pi/
the above file name is the complete path and file named to be copied.
the xxx has the full ip address for the raspberry pi on my network.

Anyway it prompt me for a password.
pi@192.168.xxx.xxx's password:

I have no clue what password it is seeking...
I tried the raspberry pi user password the one I use to login to the device... no success
I tired the default password for raspberry pi.... no success
I tried raspberry web password.... no success

What am I missing here?
I do not want to trash everything and reinstalling the pi from scratch.
There got a be a simple step to just copy a small single file to the raspberry pi

I am not a skilled user so do not suggest third party software.
Michael

Statistics: Posted by wvo — Sun Feb 08, 2026 1:34 am

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